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U.S. Postal Service

Published
August 20, 2020

Postal chief heads to hearings with political bull’s-eye on his back

DeJoy, the postmaster general, is set to be questioned over two days on Capitol Hill.
Published
August 20, 2020

Here’s why the Postal Service says it wanted to remove hundreds of mail-sorting machines

USPS officials and industry insiders say sorters are taken offline every year, though the 671 earmarked represents a substantially larger share of the agency's inventory.
Published
August 20, 2020

Commentary: Is anti-Trump anger enough to propel Biden into the White House?

The fight this time around must be waged in the hearts and minds of those whose past political indifference helped land us in the mess we're in today.
Published
August 20, 2020

Bill Nemitz: When the mail slowed, Maine postal workers picked up their whistles

Without front-line workers willing to sound the alarm, the postal service crisis may have gone undetected far longer.
Published
August 19, 2020

Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars

Several Maine poultry farms have received shipments of hundreds of chicks that died while being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, either because the shipments were delayed or mishandled.

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Published
August 19, 2020

Pelosi says postmaster general has no plans to restore equipment cuts

The House speaker says Louis DeJoy told her he has no intention of restoring removed blue mailboxes or sorting equipment and no plans for employee overtime.
Published
August 19, 2020

Two mail-sorting machines removed at USPS processing center in Scarborough

'The damage is done. Those machines aren’t coming back,' says the local union president.
Published
August 19, 2020

Our View: Postal Service reforms need more than a pause

Louis DeJoy, a Trump donor, should not be in charge of policies that make voting more difficult.
Published
August 19, 2020

Rep. Pierce: Even in a pandemic, we can protect Maine’s general election vote

We need to expand voter registration opportunities, maximize the use of absentee voting and ensure safe and efficient in-person voting on Nov. 3.
Published
August 18, 2020

Ballot drop boxes seen as way to bypass post office

Election officials in some states have come out against them, saying doing so would be too costly and raises security concerns.